Michelin XDN2 Has Some Competition!!!!!

[@cliffgiordane2969]

Tires are the last gear in the transmission and possibly the most important. I absolutely don't recommend cheaping out on tires great video and good information

[@richardhaag3959]

You would think he would have a cup of his coffee while we talk about tires

[@flintcreektransport]

😜

[@lamontmoore654]

Comment & Reply…. Priceless ☕️

[@peanut_trucker]

Always keeping up with your equipment and trying new things will always make you successful, that's why you have the fleet you have. Great episode thanks for sharing safe travels buddy 👍

[@flintcreektransport]

Thanks. Be safe !!!

[@johnbuckles3300]

Don't know about your tires, Justin, but we always ran Michelin on steering because of safety. But, I love that beautiful Pete behind you. 😊 Wish I had been part of your team back in the day. I used to run Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, and Albany. We ran the city, and upstate for 10 solid years. Whirlpool out of Finley Ohio to the city then to union fork and hoe out of Utica back to Ohio. We were running double bunk kw s with cat engines. Did that through the 80's. Like your channel, and have a good day, Justin. Almost forgot about buffalo. Used to deliver all over that state.

[@flintcreektransport]

Thanks 👍

[@shanemoves2567]

​@@flintcreektransportHas any driver reported on the Continental steers being a harsher ride and not gripping as well as the Michelin? Some from the rv crowd have said that, I take what they say with a grain of that salt tho

[@mellsterr6192]

Several months ago, I commented on these tires. Several observations. #1, mileage is on par with the old Bridgestones. #2, many flats as my trucks run gravel roads in Montana. #3, drivers say they get noisy at about 120,000 miles. #4 Fuel economy hasn’t changed as they average 105,500 lbs loaded both ways. #5, definitely cheaper than Bridgestones and Michelins. #6, traction is very good in the rain.

[@gpf1972]

Stone drilling is a issue with any tire with small grooves. I personally like the Bridgestone M726EL for my drive tires. You really have to keep the big rocks picked out when new because they chuck them and smoke the back of the cab unless you run 1/2 fenders.

[@mellsterr6192]

Same issue I had. Went thru 3 back windows before I was able to get half fenders installed.

[@jakem.6359]

I've been running 726EL's on my dump trucks for years ....great tire.....wears well and holds up well. Key is tire pressure and keeping them rotated.

[@alexholmes153]

Gm, sir Justin, great knowledge and content on those tires, we typically run the continental tires but we run light, flatbed loads.

[@flintcreektransport]

Which ones do you run ?

[@alexholmes153]

@@flintcreektransport I believe it’s the HSR2 11R/22.5😎

[@Sdukes001]

Continental is a great tire I personally run hankook DL12 16 ply H run equipment up to 126k gross they do great approximately 130k miles on last set. Not bad for running that heavy.

[@scottycollins1829]

Luv the comparison of the tires

[@garynewman4908]

Very comprehensive study on mileage per tire, tred depth and compound of the tire. Lov the tire sincer tps!!

[@flintcreektransport]

Thanks! 👍

[@timkis64]

continental winter tire looks like a scaled up version of firestone winterforce/bridgestone blizzack.on a one rear wheel drive ford ranger.they made a huge difference in snow under a foot or so.& on dry roads, i lose a little over a mile a gallon to poor rolling resistance, compared to all seasons.there worth the tradeoff.

[@carlcarlamos9055]

Yes Sir, always good to see you coming out with more tire info. You have a big enough fleet to generate some very good info. The TPMS gear looks like it is developing into a very worthwhile tool. If you can catch a tire going down, you have a chance to save two tires. If you loose a tire to a flat, it’s partner is liable to overheat. Later on that partner tire is subject to explode and maybe hurt someone or do property damage. When you are comparing the various tires, how does their ability to be recapped and their performance after recapping compare? Having the good shop and keeping shocks and suspension up to snuff promotes tire longevity just like keeping them aired up. Thanks for the good video. Keep up the good work. Take care. P.S. See Ezrider359 about a year ago for about 15 minutes about wheel balancing and other maintenance for a real world take on wheel balancing.

[@flintcreektransport]

Yes many good reasons to keep them properly inflated !!!! Thankyou for sharing

[@dougmcallister212]

Informative Justin. I run Michelin on my truck.

[@rc5693]

In January I started running tpms. It's a valve stem tmps that screws to tpms. It shows psi and temperature for each tire. I would never run without it now. Around $450 for a six tire system, includes the screen for readouts. I run super singles just because they were on truck when I bought it in January. My other truck has standard 22.5 drives and I run a cat eye system on it. I like the tpms way better and know if I picked up something in a tire while driving down the road. I carry a quality plug kit so I can plug a drive tire if necessary and keep going till I get to a shop to repair. Since it shows steers also, short of a blowout I should never be surprised with a flat tire

[@flintcreektransport]

Great to hear !!!

[@shanemoves2567]

What's the name/manufacturer of that tpms for $450/ 6 tires?

[@rc5693]

​@@shanemoves2567talon tpms, by hawkshead. Works very well

[@bigmackstruckstop9213]

Thank you Justin for your show 😊

[@Shadeza1373]

Watching all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@RDC_Autosports]

i have a tire account with em,all i run are 11 24 and 285 24 XDN2 .. they said they are not making any 24.5’s since covid…. only reason they gave me. i have a 2009 set i need to replace glad you made this video 👍😎

[@bryanritts213]

I have a Freightliner Coronado and I can't get any steer tire wear out of anything but Michelin X line. Get around 200k out of them. I've tried several others. Firestone continental Bridgestone and at most I get 120k out of them. Drive tires I usually run cheap China tires. Those Michelin drives you have in this video are great tires. They wear like iron down till they are wore out but traction really suffers as the get down. I enjoy your videos

[@flintcreektransport]

Thanks

[@chadrichwine2527]

If you get a chance try the Michelin xmed. There’s not siping in the side treads, compared to the xdn2. Comes either 22/32 tread compared to 27/32 on the xdn2. But it’s Softer compound, good traction, and plenty of life out of a set, more mileage then xdn2 we have seen in our application.

[@flintcreektransport]

I’ll know we tried the multi D but miles are similar to xdn2

[@shawngleason1345]

For a true test use the same truck/driver combo. All it takes is a driver that does u-turns on pavement with a loaded truck is going to trash your tires quicker.

[@flintcreektransport]

Yes. That’s the plan.

[@gibbsey9579]

I'm amazed that no one in the US carries a spare tyre. I'd never leave home without one, usually two on a 22 wheeler.

[@scottycollins1829]

Many carries spares here in the USA

[@gibbsey9579]

@@scottycollins1829 Thanks Scotty, that's good to know, I need to take more notice.

[@flintcreektransport]

Extra weight and it doesn’t look cool 😎

[@JoshsTruckingadventures]

My 24 389 has full continentals. I like the drives but I’m not a fan of the steers. They’re not bad I just like x line steers.

[@Softtaildeluxe97]

Xdn2 is a really nice tire but I run greforce grd1818 tires on my truck they’re of shore tires but they have the same tread pattern as a xdn2 or well very very similar there 16 ply I’ve ran them across Ontario get around 2.5 season out of them hauling heavy got stuck once last winter trying to pull up a hill while turning right in a snow storm hit the inner axle spun the tires few times got some heat in them melted the ice under me and walked up the hill

[@flintcreektransport]

Interesting ….

[@Timpotter88]

General makes the identical trailer tire for less $$. General is continental.

[@flintcreektransport]

I know but the way fleet pricing is continentals are cheaper

[@Hydrostream1972]

A taller tire is gonna have less revolution. So there for. Gonna last little longer compared to a low profile tire. & otr tire. Gonna wear less than a city only tire. Way less turns on a otr tire My last drive tires got 350k miles on them. 80 % running light 19k to 25k. Weight .In the box then empty back to yard..... 20% heavy. 48k in the box then empty back to yard. 12 month period. For the percent. Running at 63. To 66. Mph. All long haul miles. Michelin tire. Same as yours . Running light and slow saves on tires. 😊 Mike from Minnesota 😊

[@flintcreektransport]

👍🏽 Thankyou for sharing Interesting !

[@teddybear0076]

A trucks tire ware has to do a lot with the driver too "BIG TIME"!!! It all depends how much they are on the breaks,it depends how they turn,if they care and turn short or long,but the big one is breaks!!! If you have a guy that is hard on breaks,he is going to be hard on tiers!!! But it all depends on how much the driver cares about his truck,I mean there is so many factors that come into play with tires,it's crazy!!! From guys pissed off at the world and drive like idiots or always in a damn hurry!!! But ya it's a tricky one!!! Great video sir !!! Thank you God bless all you guys,and also the wife and kids !!😊❤😅 just say'n!!!

[@flintcreektransport]

Ha. Yes. Thankyou

[@jeraldhammond303]

Hello good video keep up the great job.

[@flintcreektransport]

Hey, thanks

[@darrencatenacci2737]

Hi Justin, surprising that Continental drive tire is getting that many miles per thirty second. It doesn’t have center bars. There’s no denying Michelin makes a heck of a drive tire. I’ve found a couple drive tires I used in the past. Firestone makes a good deep tread drive usually comes with 30-31 thirty seconds of tread depth. Yokohama has a couple of fairly decent drives I’ve used usually gotten between 275-325k miles on those drives. They all come in 16 ply too. I did bulk hauling too. But I’ve only been running 80,000 gross. Be interesting seeing your results. Keep up the great work! Stay cool!

[@goldeneagle9761]

What do you mean no surprise Werner enterprises has been using Continental steers for years now.

[@darrencatenacci2737]

@@goldeneagle9761 But Werner uses closed shoulder drive tires those are open shoulder drives. They typically don’t get that much life per thirty second. Those Continentals at 28 thirty seconds will only last about 215,000 miles. A cheap Firestone will last longer than that.

[@darrencatenacci2737]

@@goldeneagle9761 Did you read my comment? Was talking about drive tires.

[@goldeneagle9761]

@@darrencatenacci2737 ya I was thinking you was talking about steers because of the video but I realized that he gave the numbers on the continental's but because he hasn't finished his complete analyst of the drives I was assuming you were referring to the steers.

[@flintcreektransport]

Thankyou …..

[@Smithereens77331]

Great stuff!!

[@dscapes1091]

Sumitomos have been good to us

[@TKOZLIKT]

Hey Justin I seen one of your trucks blue kenworth. Idk if it was 107 but it looked similar. He was on 80 west Monday near Rockaway mall

[@terrydavis174]

If It was pulling a flat bed I saw It going Rt 81 north on Monday going thru Binghamton NY headed back home

[@TKOZLIKT]

@@terrydavis174 nah it had a grain trailer

[@flintcreektransport]

They get out there …..

[@domforte2966]

have you ever had any experience with Roadmaster tires? they are under the same umbrella as Goodyear and Cooper tires

[@jeffcrivelli2906]

Junk! We had Roadmaster 15 years ago when they first came out in California. First couple sets were great. After about 5 years, we noticed a lot of uneven wear. Then the sidewalls started splitting all the way around. They said send them back and we would get credit but I’ve yet to see a check! Stay away.

[@lungelinecowboy]

Run those on the tridem of our trailers. Excellent wearing tire.

[@flintcreektransport]

Heard of them….. that’s about it

[@hasletjoe5984]

Not sure if there is a way to log the data, what about fuel mileage? Any noticeable disparities? Thanks for the video

[@flintcreektransport]

That’s something I can look at. But very difficult to say exact

[@mattcharliesgarage9780]

I’ve got a friend that is running the hankook open shoulder drives and loves them. Don’t know if it’s in your spec though.

[@flintcreektransport]

I don’t think they are available in 16 ply

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

I used to run Bridgestone for about 15 years. Big mistake. They would either blow out or have irregular wear. I could never get all eight tires full use down to 2/32 ever. Now I’m trying Yokohama. We’ll see. Continental sounds good. I might have to try that.

[@hankhill3263]

Yokohama ty517 is a pretty good or tire, I ran them on an fld 120 or and got really good wear out of them, and got around 300,000 out of a set

[@flintcreektransport]

Almost all the continental tires we try on drives get uneven wear if not properly rotated And sometimes they still get uneven wear ……. Michelin consistently runs even. Right down to no tread. This new continental tire we are trying so far has very even wear …..

[@user-ln7of9gs4s]

The M726 was the only tire that I liked. It was a drive tire, but needs rotations to last.

[@heyinway]

General tires wear like iron.

[@mikeklein318]

Watching ur video, wondering if u noticed if there was a different in walls and if u put them on a scale to see if there was a difference in the weight

[@flintcreektransport]

I did not weigh them…..

[@danieltrexler6922]

Try cooper worx awd

[@lungelinecowboy]

Ever run mileage comparison of balanced tires using weights for mileage?

[@flintcreektransport]

We do run equal in steers

[@LamarA-bq1zz]

The availability i believe is on purpose to keep the tires high. As a car hauler it's ridiculous for low pro tires. We know that companies get big discounts on buying tires Justin, it's no secret 😆. So you don't have to tell us the actual price your getting 😆. All good brother but tires are getting out of hand though.

[@flintcreektransport]

Ha. It is crazy !!!

[@bobmessman240]

I've got low pro 24.5 michelin so now that they don't make it anymore I'm looking for something comparable

[@scottycollins1829]

COOPER, TOYO, CONTINETIAL

[@goldeneagle9761]

Blackhawk heard they make a hard tread long lasting tire. Doublecoins for the trailer.

[@hankhill3263]

Double coins are a decent tire for the money, I ran those alot on my scrap trucks

[@goldeneagle9761]

@@hankhill3263 for the price Walmart sells Virgin tires at the moment. Any tire will be better. Better than paying a jacked up price for a Michelin.

[@goldeneagle9761]

​@@hankhill3263at the price Walmart is selling Virgin tires at, is pretty unstoppable. Better than paying for a jacked-up price Michelin all day everyday.

[@flintcreektransport]

Unfortunately hauling heavy with only 5 axles we can’t run cheap tires

[@hankhill3263]

You never tried a the Bridgestone M726 EL ? I’ll be honest, I never Rand the XDN2 but the Bridgestone M726 EL is pretty hard to beat but price wise after over 30 years in the business I’ll take the Bridgestone all day long over the XDN2 - for steers I I usually ran Bridgestone or Firestone steers, for what I did I usually got about 125,000 per set out of them, they wear great and really seems to hug the road better than any other steer that I tried, I just never played around when it comes to steers - steers are your life and possibly the lives of others around you

[@dougnorton5143]

Bridgestone!

[@flintcreektransport]

Correct !!! Some of them only come in 14 ply or don’t have the weight rating for what we need here in ny

[@NickManCuso59]

Hi Justin. Doesn't Firestone and Goodyear offer truck tires ?

[@flintcreektransport]

Yes they do. Nothing that we found very comparable though

[@JoeSilver-k4z]

Are you familiar with Cedar Hill trucking around Albany, New York?

[@flintcreektransport]

Def heard of them. Beautiful trucks

[@JoeSilver-k4z]

@@flintcreektransport we’ve tried to buy a few trucks from them never can’t get the deal put together, but they sell some pretty nice gliders

[@johnnylobster2749]

Rhode Island Here 😊😊 . Did the same thing on a much lower scale , 😅 my wife’s Rouge in for brakes , it was going to need inspection this year , it would not pass tires , They do all the service no bull shit issues . She does 7000 miles a year I said just put tires on it it has a 100,000 miles 2011 runs great ,tires were 500 dollars all in tax get rid of the old ones done 😊 not including the brakes 😢 excellent video as usual 😊

[@chuckychuck]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@thesearcherman6652]

I have seen two other long haul drivers say they get 300,000 out the Michelin drive tires also. For my auto or pick up, nothing beats a Michelin. I put Conti's at number two, but there really isn't much price difference in the passenger tire price.

[@Gary-mu8ye]

Just one long Continental Tire commercial 😅 looks like Flint Creek gettin some free tires

[@flintcreektransport]

Ha. I wish !!!! One thing I will never do is promote something I don’t believe in or support ….. continental didn’t even know I was making this video ….. if you watch the whole thing so far the some of the Michelins are running out better …..

[@scottycollins1829]

Gr8 FOOTAGE Mr Justin 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾😎👍🏾🫡📸📽📹🎥🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊💯📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢🫶🏾🙏🏾

[@flintcreektransport]

Thanks